GC: n
S: NCBI – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1616375/ (last access: 6 April 2025); NHS – https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/our-services/find-service/gastrointestinal-services-1/general-surgery (last access: 6 April 2025).
N: 1. – general (adj): c. 1200, “of wide application, generic, affecting or involving all” (as opposed to special or specific), from Old French general (12c.) and directly from Latin generalis “relating to all, of a whole class, generic” (contrasted with specialis), from genus (genitive generis) “stock, kind” (from PIE root *gene- “give birth, beget,” with derivatives referring to procreation and familial and tribal groups).
– surgery (n): c. 1300, sirgirie, “the work of a surgeon; medical treatment of an operative nature, such as cutting-operations, setting of fractures, etc.,” from Old French surgerie, surgeure, contraction of serurgerie, from Late Latin chirurgia “surgery,” from Greek kheirourgia, from kheirourgos “working or done by hand,” from kheir “hand” (from PIE root *ghes- “the hand”) + ergon “work” (from PIE root *werg- “to do”).
2. The major medical specialties involving surgery are general surgery, plastic surgery, orthopedic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, colon and rectal surgery, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, and urology. General surgery is the parent specialty and now centres on operations involving the stomach, intestines, breast, blood vessels in the extremities, endocrine glands, tumours of soft tissues, and amputations.
3. Surgery: general surgery.
- That branch of surgery that deals with surgical cases involving any body part, as opposed to more specialized surgery focusing on a specific organ or system.
4. Military Strategy; Military (General): general surgery
- The hospital can provide general surgery, X-ray and laboratory services and sterile medical supplies. It has a 140 bed capability, including 60 intensive care, 40 intermediate care, and 40 minimum care beds, with an overall expansion capability of 50 percent.
S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=general+surgery (last access: 6 April 2025). 2. EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/science/surgery-medicine#ref78685 (last access: 6 April 2025). 3 & 4. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=general+surgery&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 6 April 2025).
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CR: surgery
